CARSON COOMAN is an American composer with a catalogue of works in many forms, ranging from solo instrumental pieces to opera, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. He is in continual demand for new commissions, and his music has been performed on...

As history would have it, and thanks to the persistence of promoter Ron Delsener, Frank Zappa & his Mothers actually played Carnegie Hall. The two shows on October 11th, 1971 were recorded for posterity to mono 1/4' tape using a concealed Nagra tape ...

If Peter Serkin's four Goldberg Variations recordings reveal a lifelong affinity for Bach on the concert grand, one suspects his approach to the Inventions has similarly been well-tempered and seasoned over the years. Compared to Glenn Gould's rhythm...

Piano pieces inspired by Leonardo da Vinci inventions, this music communicatesa succession of moods, sonorities, tempos, and textures. The pieces not onlyreflect the wide diversity of the contents, but also their spontaneity and intensity. Seabourne ...

We know very little about Joseph Touchemoulin, a renowned violinist and chapel master to the princely courts of Bonn and Regensburg for more than 50 years--and one of the few 18th century French composers to have enjoyed a career outside France. Touc...

This disc is part of an ongoing series of re-issues of the Lp catalog of the CRI (Composer's Recordings Inc.) label. These important documents of 20th c. compositions have been out of print since the advent of the CD, but have now been transferred to...